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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this tornado warning at Apr 3, 2007, 9:23 PM EDT for Laurel County, Kentucky. It was in force for 34 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2007, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2007, 9:57 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Laurel County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 9:25 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | London, KY | ROAD SIGN BROKEN. 2 TREES DOWN ON PARKER ROAD. |
| Apr 3, 9:26 PM EDT | TORNADO | 5 Ese London, KY | AN EF1 TORNADO WITH A PATH LENGTH OF 1.8 MILES AND A PATH WIDTH OF 50 YARDS DESTROYED A POLE BARN...UPROOTED LARGE HARDWOOD TREES...PUSHED A WELL TIED DOWN MOBILE HOME OFF ITS FOUNDATION AND BLEW A ROOF OFF OF A STORE. |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 N Greenmount, KY | TREE BLOWN DOWN ON HIGHWAY 30W NEAR THE LAUREL COUNTY LINE. |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT | TSTM WND DMG | London, KY | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE...WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN. DAMAGE WAS IN THE WESTERN...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT | HAIL 0.88 | London, KY | NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN THE WEST...SOUTHERN AND EASTERN END OF THE COUNTY. |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT | TORNADO | 4 Ese London, KY | NWS STORM SURVEY DETREMINED EF1 TORNADO OCCURRED. PATH WAS 50 YARDS WIDE WITH AN APPROXIMATE PATH LENGTH OF 1.8 MILES. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 251 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1678 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1714 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 200 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 261 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 10.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS53 KJKL 040123 TORJKL KYC125-040215- /O.NEW.KJKL.TO.W.0003.070404T0123Z-070404T0215Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 923 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... LAUREL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LONDON... * UNTIL 1015 PM EDT * AT 922 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 23 MILES SOUTH OF KEAVY...OR ABOUT NEAR WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO OAKLEY IN ADDITION TO THE TORNADO...THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3737 8413 3705 8432 3695 8410 3710 8383 $$ GREIF
1 follow-up statement
000 WWUS53 KJKL 040157 SVSJKL SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 956 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 KYC125-040206- /O.CAN.KJKL.TO.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070404T0215Z/ LAUREL KY- 956 PM EDT TUE APR 3 2007 ...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LAUREL COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNING AREA. LIGHTNING AND THUNDER WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 10:30 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN KENTUCKY. LAT...LON 3737 8413 3705 8432 3695 8410 3710 8383 $$ JACOBSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson | 52 min |
| Apr 3, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Menifee | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 8:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Powell | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 8:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Lee, Wolfe | 46 min |
| Apr 3, 8:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Pulaski | 43 min |
| Apr 3, 8:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Wayne | 41 min |
| Apr 3, 8:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel | 40 min |
| Apr 3, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Morgan | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski | 66 min |
| Apr 3, 8:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle | 48 min |
| Apr 3, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Magoffin | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 9:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Wayne | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Knox, Whitley | 59 min |
| Apr 3, 9:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Whitley | 39 min |
| Apr 3, 9:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Clay | 36 min |
| Apr 3, 9:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Leslie, Perry | 56 min |
| Apr 3, 9:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell | 28 min |
| Apr 3, 9:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox, Leslie | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Harlan | 38 min |
| Apr 3, 10:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Letcher | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 4:25 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 30 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.